Sunningdale School - Teaching Assistant

Sunningdale School is a consistently outstanding specialist setting that offers a child centred curriculum for pupils with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (including those with Autism).

Due to significant growth the school are looking to appoint outstanding members of support staff to join our staff team and contribute to the school's outstanding provision and future development.

Sunningdale School's curriculum approach is designed to specifically prepare children for both adulthood and life beyond the school. The school's curriculum approach is relatively unique and was developed over a number of years. It continuously evolves to meet the needs of the pupils attending the school. The school is recognised as an exemplar school for organisations such as Equals, an advisory school for Evidence for Learning and contributes to a number of other national organisations within the specialist sector of education.

The school is also the only maintained specialist setting nationally recognised by the NCB as an EY Stronger Practice Hub.

To ensure that we are able to meet each child's holistic needs as specifically as possible Sunningdale School's curriculum is arranged into four pathways. These are the Initiate Pathway; the Explore Pathway; the Functional Pathway; and the Formal Pathway. Each of these Pathways has its own distinct overarching pedagogical (teaching and learning) approach that begins to meet the collective needs of the pupils within that pathway which is then personalised to a higher degree to meet the specific needs of individual pupils.

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Applicants must have a good understanding of child development and preferably the development of those with complex cognitive, physical and health needs.

The role will involve working as part of a multi-professional team on a daily basis and working under the direction of Teachers and Higher Level Teaching Assistants.

As a school for children with Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (including those with Autism) it should be noted that, as indicated above, the working conditions associated with these roles include a range of strategies ordinarily utilised in a special school.

E.g. Strategies and procedures relating to: working with and supporting pupils with complex communication, sensory needs and emotional regulation; working with and supporting pupils with complex health related needs and working with and supporting pupils with a range of medical needs.

This is a term-time only post (44.85 weeks per year, 39 weeks + holiday).

The actual starting salary is £21,914.96 - £22,764.61

Closing date:
Monday 12th October at 9.00am

Interviews:
Tuesday 20th October

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The school safeguards and protects its pupils and staff by being committed to respond in accordance with Safeguarding legislation, policies and procedures.